Man and His Symbols
by Carl Gustav Jung
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Author: Carl Gustav JungEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1968-08-15
ISBN: 0440351839
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: 3.5 star beginner book on symbols by a master of symbolism
Summary: 3 Stars
The last shall be first is demonstrated in this book-Jung's last book is his first attempt at communicating with the general public. It includes an essay on symbolism-a key element in Jungian psychology and a main reason for his break with Freud. Symbols are necessary to Individuation (the goal of Jungian analysis) per page 99: "Symbols are natural attempts to reconcile and unite opposites within the psyche." And, as Marie-Louise von Franz puts it on page 205: "Only by accepting earthly contact and suffering can the human soul be transformed into a mirror in which the divine powers can perceive themselves."
This book is easier to read than the symbolism books in Jung's Collected Works. On the other hand, it really isn't a good survey of Jungian psychology because it doesn't directly address many of his most important topics, but then it wasn't designed to do so. But, following Jung's essay are essays of many of his immediate disciples who provide pithy commentaries on various Jungian topics-and provide me with more quotes for my collection!
Jung does point out a significant practical difference between his psychological process and those of others-he takes the client/patient's intuitions etc. into consideration and that part of his process is to teach psychology to the patient:
p. 61 "The patients resistance to the analyst's interpretation is not necessarily wrong; it is rather a sure sign that something does not `click.' Either the patient has not yet reached the point where he understands, or the interpretation does not fit."
This book may not be appreciated by left brain Thinker types or adherents to other, rationally-oriented types of psychology. As Jolande Jacobi says (page 290): "People who rely totally on their rational thinking and dismiss or repress every manifestation of their psychic life often have an almost inexplicable inclination to superstition. They listen to oracles and prophecies and can be easily hoodwinked or influenced by magicians and conjurors."
While working as a scientist/engineer for about 39 years, I have interacted with many "rational" people similarly employed who will cling to (what seems to me) irrational myths of religion, politics, etc. while rejecting any evidence of the existence of the unconscious, the value of dreams, etc. Me thinks they doth protest too much.
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